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18-9. Treatment for adults with mental disorders

Treatment Expansion

ORIGINAL OBJECTIVE
18-9. Increase the proportion of adults with mental disorders who receive treatment.
Target and baseline:
Objective Increase in Adults With Mental Disorders Receiving Treatment 1997
Baseline
(unless noted)
2010
Target
Percent
18-9a. Adults aged 18 to 54 years with serious mental illness 47 (1991) 55
18-9b. Adults aged 18 years and older with recognized depression 23 50
18-9c. Adults aged 18 years and older with schizophrenia 60 (1984) 75
18-9d. Adults aged 18 years and older with generalized anxiety disorder 38 50
Target setting method: 17 percent improvement for 18-9a. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.) Better than the best for 18-9b, 18-9c, and 18-9d.
Data source s: Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Program, NIH, NIMH; National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), SAMHSA, OAS; National Comorbidity Survey, SAMHSA, CMHS; NIH, NIMH.
OBJECTIVE WITH REVISIONS
18-9. Increase the proportion of adults with mental disorders who receive treatment.
Target and baseline:
Objective Increase in Adults With Mental Disorders Receiving Treatment 19972002
Baseline
(unless noted)
2010
Target
Percent
18-9a. Adults aged 18 to 54 years and older with serious mental illness  47 (1991)62 5568 
18-9b. Adults aged 18 years and older with recognized depression 2358 (2001-02)  5064 
18-9c. Adults aged 18 years and older with schizophrenia 60 (1984) 75
18-9d. Adults aged 18 years and older with generalized anxiety disorder 3860 5079
Target setting method: Better than the best.17 percent improvement for 18-9a. (Better than the best will be used when data are available. 
Data source s: Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Program, NIH, NIMH; Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA), SAMHSA, OAS; National Comorbidity Survey–Replication (NCS–R), NIH, NIMH.  
REVISED OBJECTIVE
18-9. Increase the proportion of adults with mental disorders who receive treatment.
Target and baseline:
Objective Increase in Adults With Mental Disorders Receiving Treatment 2002
Baseline
(unless noted)
2010
Target
Percent
18-9a. Adults aged 18 years and older with serious mental illness 62 68
18-9b. Adults aged 18 years and older with recognized depression 58 (2001-02) 64
18-9c. Adults aged 18 years and older with schizophrenia 60 (1984) 75
18-9d. Adults aged 18 years and older with generalized anxiety disorder 60 79
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source s: Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) Program, NIH, NIMH; National Comorbidity Survey–Replication (NCS–R), NIH, NIMH.  

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